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PLAGIARISM
PLAGIARISM
How would you define it?
PLAGIARISM
Claiming other people’s ideas as
your own without giving credit.
How can you avoid it?
You must give credit whenever you use
• another person's idea, opinion, or theory;
• any facts, statistics, graphs, drawings--any pieces of
information--that are not common knowledge;
• quotations of another person's actual spoken or
written words; or
• an image (picture) that you did not create
My sources
http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiaris
m.html, produced by Writing Tutorial
Services, Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Reference Librarian,
Parkland College Library. Reprinted from
http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/`janicke/plagiary.htm.
Here's the ORIGINAL text, from page 1 of Lizzie Borden: A
Case Book of Family and Crime
The rise of industry, the growth of cities, and the expansion
of the population were the three great developments of late
nineteenth century American history. As new, larger, steampowered factories became a feature of the American
landscape in the East, they transformed farm hands into
industrial laborers, and provided jobs for a rising tide of
immigrants. With industry came urbanization the growth of
large cities (like Fall River, Massachusetts, where the
Bordens lived) which became the centers of production as
well as of commerce and trade.
Here's an UNACCEPTABLE paraphrase that is plagiarism:
(bold words = changes)
The increase of industry, the growth of cities, and the
explosion of the population were three large factors of
nineteenth century America. As steam-driven companies
became more visible in the eastern part of the country, they
changed farm hands into factory workers and provided jobs
for the large wave of immigrants. With industry came the
growth of large cities like Fall River where the Bordens lived
which turned into centers of commerce and trade as well as
production.
Compare
The rise of industry, the growth of cities, and the expansion of the population were
the three great developments of late nineteenth century American history. As new,
larger, steam-powered factories became a feature of the American landscape in the
East, they transformed farm hands into industrial laborers, and provided jobs for a
rising tide of immigrants. With industry came urbanization; the growth of large cities
(like Fall River, Massachusetts, where the Bordens lived) which became the centers of
production as well as of commerce and trade.
The increase of industry, the growth of cities, and the explosion of the
population were three large factors of nineteenth century America. As
steam-driven companies became more visible in the eastern part of the
country, they changed farm hands into factory workers and provided jobs
for the large wave of immigrants. With industry came the growth of large
cities, like Fall River where the Bordens lived, which turned into centers of
commerce and trade as well as production.
Think about your research
Does this look familiar?
Change a few big words, leave out
some extra information and switch
some words around?
Why is this plagiarism?
The preceding passage is considered
plagiarism for two reasons:
• the writer has only changed around a few
words and phrases, or changed the order of
the original's sentences.
• the writer has failed to cite a source for any
of the ideas or facts.
Better Paraphrase
Fall River, where the Borden family lived, was typical of
northeastern industrial cities of the nineteenth century. As
steam-powered production shifted labor from agriculture to
manufacturing, the demand for workers "transformed farm
hands into factory workers," and created jobs for
immigrants. In turn, growing populations increased the size
of urban areas. Fall River was one of these manufacturing
hubs that were also "centers of commerce and trade"
(Williams 1)
Why is this acceptable?
• records the information in the original
passage accurately.
• gives credit for the ideas in this passage.
• indicated which part is taken directly from
her source by putting the passage in
quotation marks and citing the page number.
Note that if the writer had used these phrases
or sentences in her own paper without putting
quotation marks around them, she would be
PLAGIARIZING.
Using another person's phrases or sentences
without putting quotation marks around them is
considered plagiarism.
Let’s practice - paraphrase
Anthrax bacteria are found in many types of soil, all over the
world, and usually do not pose a problem for humans because
the spores stay in the ground. In order to infect a human, the
spores have to be released from the soil and must enter the
body. They can enter the body through a cut in the skin, through
consuming contaminated meat, or through inhaling the spores.
Once the spores are in the body, and if antibiotics are not
administered, the spores become bacteria that multiply and
release a toxin that affects the immune system. In the inhaled
form of the infection, the immune system can become
overwhelmed and the body can go into shock.
Let’s practice - paraphrase
The bacteria are found in many types of soil, all over the world,
and usually do not pose a problem for humans because the
spores stay in the ground. In order to infect a human, the spores
have to be released from the soil and must enter the body. They
can enter the body through a cut in the skin, through consuming
contaminated meat, or through inhaling the spores. Once the
spores are in the body, and if antibiotics are not administered,
the spores become bacteria that multiply and release a toxin
that affects the immune system. In the inhaled form of the
infection, the immune system can become overwhelmed and the
body can go into shock.
Where anthrax is found
The bacteria are found in many types of soil, all over the world,
and usually do not pose a problem for humans because the
spores stay in the ground. In order to infect a human, the spores
have to be released from the soil and must enter the body.
Where anthrax is found
The bacteria are found in many types of soil, all over the world,
and usually do not pose a problem for humans because the
spores stay in the ground. In order to infect a human, the spores
have to be released from the soil and must enter the body.
Anthrax bacteria is found in the ground and usually doesn’t affect
humans, since it stays in the soil. However, if the bacteria spores come
out of the soil and get into a body, it can make that human sick.
Where anthrax is found
The bacteria are found in many types of soil, all over the world,
and usually do not pose a problem for humans because the
spores stay in the ground. In order to infect a human, the spores
have to be released from the soil and must enter the body.
Anthrax bacteria is found in the ground and usually doesn’t affect
humans, since it stays in the soil. However, if the bacteria spores come
out of the soil and get into a body, it can make that human sick.
HIDEOUT: Anthrax can usually be found hiding out in the
soil, all over the world. He normally is harmless, but if he
escapes into the outside world, he can cause trouble.
How anthrax infects
They can enter the body through a cut in the skin, through
consuming contaminated meat, or through inhaling the spores
How anthrax infects
They can enter the body through a cut in the skin, through
consuming contaminated meat, or through inhaling the spores
Anthrax can enter the body three ways: through a cut in the skin, by
eating meat that is contaminated with the bacteria, or by breathing it in.
How anthrax infects
They can enter the body through a cut in the skin, through consuming
contaminated meat, or through inhaling the spores
Anthrax can enter the body three ways: through a cut in the skin, by eating
meat that is contaminated with the bacterium, or by breathing it in.
M.O. - Anthrax, unlike most criminals, has many
M.O.’s. It can sneak in through your skin (a cut),
through your stomach (if you eat contaminated
meat), or through your lungs (by breathing it in).
Treatment
Once the spores are in the body, and if antibiotics are not
administered, the spores become bacteria that multiply and
release a toxin that affects the immune system. In the inhaled
form of the infection, the immune system can become
overwhelmed and the body can go into shock.
Treatment
Once the spores are in the body, and if antibiotics are not
administered, the spores become bacteria that multiply and
release a toxin that affects the immune system. In the inhaled
form of the infection, the immune system can become
overwhelmed and the body can go into shock.
Anthrax bacteria, once in the body, can produce a toxin, or poison, that
affects your immune system. Treatment in the form of antibiotics is
necessary. The inhaled form of anthrax is most dangerous because it
can cause your immune system to go into shock.
Treatment
Once the spores are in the body, and if antibiotics are not administered,
the spores become bacteria that multiply and release a toxin that
affects the immune system. In the inhaled form of the infection, the
immune system can become overwhelmed and the body can go into
shock.
Anthrax bacteria, once in the body, can produce a toxin, or poison, that affects
your immune system. Treatment in the form of antibiotics is necessary. The
inhaled form of anthrax is most dangerous because it can cause your immune
system to go into shock.
WEAPONS AGAINST CRIMINAL: Your only chance to fight
this criminal is by using antibiotics. And you’d better do it fast
because anthrax (especially when inhaled) produces toxins
(poisons) that can quickly put your immune system into shock.
Picture
Bacillus anthracis
From the BBCnews website
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/1590859.stm
Wanted posters sources:
www.tsl.state.tx.us/.../law/clyde-barrow-02.html
www.answers.com/topic/d-b-cooper
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